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PDF Newspapers Will Count as Print Distribution
Spanish newspapers will have a new benefit from the Internet this summer. They will be able to count all
PDF downloads and any other digital delivery of the newspaper as a distribution of the print edition.Informacin y Control de Publicaciones, the new name of the organization that audits the circulation of the press in Spain, has made this change to answer a demand of the newspaper industry. (Read how to apply it in this
document, From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on May 19, 2005 at 9:54 p.m..
BBC found co-producing The World
Many people in the UK won't have heard of The World, but the BBC has been contributing to a bit of interesting terraforming. The World provides international news for the National Public Radio network in the US and is a... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on May 19, 2005 at 8:54 p.m..
The Beeb Shall Inherit the Earth
Article describing the war the BBC has embraced user generated content, and in so doing, has made itself an internet pioneer. The author describes it as an irony: "it takes a publicly-funded broadcaster from a cozy liberal democracy to teach America's lumbering, anti-competitive Hollywood dinosaurs what a real, competitive offering looks like." Irony, perhaps, from a certain point of view, but those accustomed to defending public broadcasting would find it more surprising to see such innovation coming from the private broadcasters and would be quick to point out, as I do here, that this s From
OLDaily on May 19, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
Imagining the World: The Case for Non-Rendered Virtuality - the Role Play Simulation Model
A 'rendered' virtual environment is one in which the scene is generated dynamically by the computer, such as in Doom or Quake or in flight simulators. The author's argument in this paper is that rendering in educational games detracts from a focus on pedagogy and is, moreover, unnecessary. An equal suspension of belief and immersion into the experience can be obtained through static, non-rendered, environments - "For the same reason that the book is more often better than the movie, leaving room for imaginative elaboration rather than providing ready-made 3D imaging better enhan From
OLDaily on May 19, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
Podcasting-Education
An educational podcasting discussion group has been started. "Teachers, educators and others share how you have used podcasting thus far, how you hope to use it soon, or any special projects that you envision using podcasting in a school setting." By Various Authors, Yahoo Groups, May, 2005 [
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OLDaily on May 19, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
Reflections on Challenges to the Goal of Invisible Computing
At CSTD Tuesday I mentioned the 'disembodiment' argument posed to argue that computers inhibit social interaction. This article offers a restatement of that argument in the context of a discussion of ubiquitous computing as the grounds for a call for a new ethic of technology. By Arun Kumar Tripathi, Ubiquity, May, 2005 [
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OLDaily on May 19, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
Introduction to elearning - Part 1
The content of George Siemens's presentation will be familiar to readers of his work, and the presentation delivers what it promises in the title. Designers will be interested in the tool he uses to present the material,
Articulate Presenter, which creates Flash-based presentations (a demo version is available at the site). I found myself waiting impatiently for the next slide; I think the use of a system like this needs more visual elements and less audio than George provided. By George Siemens, elearnspace, May 18, 2005 [
OLDaily on May 19, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
Podcasting: A New Voice on the Net
Introductory article on podcasting with links to examples, tools for creating podcasts, and tips on how to publicize your podcast. One place where I differ with the article: do spend the money for a decent microphone. By Michael Gowan, Tech Soup, May 13, 2005 May 13, 2005 [
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OLDaily on May 19, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
A Lot to Chew On ....
Good post summarizing a presentation by
Alan November (he has a
blog, but it is infrequently updated - it doesn't even contain his own presentation). Part of what November says makes sense. "Kids have to learn how to think globally, to manage massive amounts of information and they have to be self-directed in their learning." But in places its a narrow view. As Kuropatwa comments, "Your $400US gets you 3 years of enriched schooling online, 24/7 whenever you want it. Alan said m From
OLDaily on May 19, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
Choosing Open Source Solutions
Good article on the deployment of open source software in the university environment. I like the response to the question about the biggist problem with open source technology: "The main drawback is that open source software is usually free at the point of acquisition. While that might sound like it ought to be a benefit, it can be very confusing for institutions accustomed to paying an annual licence fee for software." Funny. By Christina Smart, JISC, May 17, 2005 [
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OLDaily on May 19, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..
China's Largest Internet Trial
Here's a picture of a row of defendants, facing trial in the capital of Anhui province, Hefei, earlier this week, in the largest case against Internet users in China ever, as reported by EastSouthWestNorth, which also has a long list of references to media reports."Demographically, most of the defendants are high school graduates and five of them have university experience. For example, one defendant is a fourth-year-student majoring in mathematics/applied mathematics at the Shandong Institute of Technology; another defendant From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on May 19, 2005 at 7:56 p.m..
Opening the Era of Open-Source Journalism
"Open-source journalism" is an intriguing concept: Journalists collaborate with readers in the development of a story, even to the extent of publishing a draft before the final version appears. Two high-profile print magazines are giving it a whirl right now: Business Week and MIT's Technology Review.These efforts are described in today's posting by Stephen Baker in the new Business Week blog, Blogspotting: "
Open-sou From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on May 19, 2005 at 6:51 p.m..
Returning to tech? Sort of...
Last September I wrote an entry on this site,
From geek to chef, announcing my transition into the world of cooking. I wrote, "[m]y interest in the web and tech was always more about people...But something was always missing, and I've realized that was true passion for what I was doing..." I spent the last few months of 2005 working in a restaurant, and I loved it. But in January I moved to New Hampshire and my schedule became more hectic, too hectic to take another kitchen job. Working in a kitchen is a full-ti From
megnut on May 19, 2005 at 4:45 p.m..
Clay Shirky--Ontology is Overrated
This short essay by Clay Shirky is worth a careful reading, or several; it's a presentation that is informative at the first reading and at the second and third. Shirky manages to make the often obscure topics of ontology and classification understandable; his examples of classification systems range from the Periodic Table and Dewey Decimal System to Yahoo. The contrast between systematic classification and emergent search classification is made very clear. Professionals concerned with the organization of repository collections will want to study this essay and consider or r From
EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on May 19, 2005 at 3:47 p.m..
There's More to Blogs Than Politics
This may come as a shock to people who don't read weblogs, and to many mainstream media professionals, but there are millions of weblogs out there (some of them very popular and thought-provoking) that do not cover U.S. politics at all! Maybe someone should clue Reuters in about that.In a May 16 article, "
Study: Blogs haven't displaced media," Ellen Wulfhorst writes, "Web logs, or blogs, may be a powerful new force in U.S. politics but they have not displaced tradi From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on May 19, 2005 at 2:56 p.m..
Web Crime Maps: How Do We Protect the Victims?
In a follow-up to Steve Outing's
piece here about
ChicagoCrime.org, I find it worthwhile to mention that the Danish police recently launched a
database with a fairly similar zoom-map integration. The database also lets you research whether a given type of crime is more or less common than one or two years ago, and has export functions for HTML or Microsoft Excel format.However, the Danish police have chosen to map the various From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on May 19, 2005 at 2:56 p.m..
Pervasive broadband in schools
According to The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in March of this year, supplemented by eMarketer, 93% of instructional rooms in public schools have Internet access, a serious rise from just 64% in 1999 and only 3% in 1994. And, the number of schools with broadband connectivity has risen to 95% in 2003. ...The report also determines that as Net connectivity rises in the public school system, the ratio of students to instructional computers has declined. In 1998, the ratio was 12-to-1, but by 2003 that ratio was 4-to-4. Center for Media Research... From
Joho the Blog on May 19, 2005 at 2:49 p.m..
The state of digital ID
If you want to catch up with what's going on, read Kim Cameron's whitepaper (even thought it's a screen-hostile PDF) and this article by John Fontana. (Thanks to the DigitalID World newsletter.) [Technorati tag: digitalid]... From
Joho the Blog on May 19, 2005 at 1:49 p.m..
A Peek Inside the Jury Room
The trial I sat on as a juror ended yesterday afternoon with our finding that the defendant was guilty of DUI. While it wasn't a particularly sensational case, and won't even make the local newspaper, the process of serving on a jury and sitting through a trial was certainly interesting. As I mentioned in [url=http://brainfrieze.net/comments.php?id=372_0_1_0_C]yesterday's post[url] serving with such a diverse group of fellow jurors was probably the best part of the experience. As the... From
Brain Frieze on May 19, 2005 at 12:55 p.m..
Star Wars Blogs
La comunidad de Star Wars ahora incluye el servicio de edición y alojamiento de weblogs: Star Wars Blogs. Más allá de las consideraciones sobre marketing cinematográfico que quieran formularse, me ha parecido un gran hallazgo que el servicio de edición... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 19, 2005 at 10:51 a.m..
From Consoles to Concert Halls
Video-game melodies aren't just background music. A Final Fantasy composer offers new takes on old material while other promoters plan game music tours. By Chris Kohler. From
Wired News on May 19, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Tyke's Trike Becomes a Bike
Learning to ride a bicycle can be a painful rite of passage. But a new tricycle that morphs into a two-wheeler as it gains speed may make things easier. By Abby Christopher. From
Wired News on May 19, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Ready or Not, China Gets Blogged
Investors in China don't really know what a blog is or whether it can make money, but that's not stopping Edwyn Chan from trying to become the country's blogfather. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. From
Wired News on May 19, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Puzzled Brits Clamor for Su Doku
A logic game produced by a retired judge turns into a national obsession in the United Kingdom -- and the latest battlefront in the newspaper circulation wars. By Monique Cuvelier. From
Wired News on May 19, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Gamers Glimpse Future at E3
This expo has it all: hot button-mashers, angry actors, bubbly booth babes and real-life soldiers. But the demos of next year's greatest hits seem to be the real draw. Daniel Terdiman reports from Los Angeles. From
Wired News on May 19, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Give Your DVD Player the Finger
An RFID-powered copy-protection scheme is in the works that would require a fingerprint scan or password just to screen a DVD in your home. It's one of the most restrictive anti-piracy plans to date. By Katie Dean. From
Wired News on May 19, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Mosaico
Blogs en el cole El Colegio San AgustÃn de Valladolid está desarrollando una interesante estrategia de comunicación basada en weblogs: Bitácoras del colegio San AgustÃn. Recientemente han lanzado Globoeduca, según me cuenta Daniel Primo. Blogs en Sant Cugat del Vallès... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 19, 2005 at 8:51 a.m..
Formalizing Informal Learning
Hier wird dankenswerter Weise ein aktuelles Thema aus Unternehmensperspektive dargestellt. Es geht um die Integration von formellen und informellen Lernprozessen. Die Antwort der Autoren: "Informal learning is inherent in most organizations. It is the natural collaboration of people as they... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on May 19, 2005 at 7:51 a.m..
Multi-user group blogging
Multi-user and group blogs are are becoming one of the most interesting aspects of online publishing. I've taken a stab at this with our Instructional Design Community of Practice blog (id-cop.ca), but without much luck yet. We're going to re-focus,... From
Rick's Café Canadien on May 19, 2005 at 6:53 a.m..
Eggheads Invent Tele-Petting - Lakshmi Sandhana, Wired
Researchers have developed a cybernetic system to allow physical interaction over the internet. The system allows touching and feeling of animals or other humans in real time, but it's first being tried out on -- chickens. Built by a wacky group of resea From
Techno-News Blog on May 19, 2005 at 6:49 a.m..
Blog index
Upon retiring from blogging, Frank Catalano has posted an index of his best writing along with a checklist of lessons he takes from the experience of blogging. The
index is lightly annotated, which is respectful of readers. The best item on the
list of lessons, for me, is this one: Blogs are... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on May 19, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
A good blog is
I was walking along wondering if I could make a list of traits of a good blog. I'll flesh out the handful of notes I took then: A good blog has a focus, a field or topic where the writer keeps up with what's being said. The writer attends with interest to the work being done by others, and the writer's thinking is provoked and advanced by the particulars of the work others are doing. The writer is generous with others, responding to their work and risking and sharing ideas with them... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on May 19, 2005 at 5:48 a.m..
Why you must lead or follow
Scott Berkun has written an article, discussing why you must lead or follow. To quote: Something curious happens when we confront things we don't like. Instead of the useful choices of taking action to improve things or accepting things as... From
Column Two on May 19, 2005 at 4:46 a.m..
Celebration in Yonkers, After a Year of Setbacks
YONKERS, May 18 - The public schools in this beleaguered city seem an unlikely candidate for sensational test results. This academic year, the district has suffered deep budget cuts, the threat of a teachers' strike, a hiring scandal and pressure to reconfigure the way it manages its schools. From
New York Times: Education on May 19, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..
Can games be art?
I went to Steve Johnson's book signing event at the Harvard Bookstore tonight. (I've blogged about his book here.) He talked engagingly for 30 minutes and then took questions. So, I asked: While some books clearly count as art, could the same ever happen to some video games? He replied that, yes, he thought so, but it wasn't going to be via narrative. It will be more like architecture, he said, in which the aesthetic value has to do with building complex and beautiful places. He thinks The Sims and Sim City by Wil Wright approach that degree of aesthetic... From
Joho the Blog on May 19, 2005 at 2:49 a.m..
WYSIWYG hell
Robert Nyman has written a blog entry about the inadequacies of WYSWIWYG editors in CMS products. To quote: Something we really agreed on is the lack of respect CMS manufacturers show their clients when they create administrative interfaces that only... From
Column Two on May 19, 2005 at 2:47 a.m..
Enterprise Information Architecture in Context
James Melzer shares
this 'enterprise information architecture roadmap' that he drew to help his team have a common understanding of a project. I found it a little difficult to follow and extrapolate, but again, my context is a little different. "My diagram is pretty specific to the federal government landscape in the US, but you can extrapolate the kinds of inputs that are relevant in your organization." From
elearningpost on May 19, 2005 at 2:46 a.m..
Enterprise information architecture in context
James Melzer has cerated a very interesting poster outlining enterprise information architecture in context. To quote: I created this graphic to give everyone a starting point, a point of common understanding. The graphic depicts how enterprise information architecture (EIA) relates... From
Column Two on May 19, 2005 at 1:47 a.m..
links for 2005-05-18
HP-Guide-to-Info-Mania (pdf) (via Jack Vinson) (tags: productivity overload) Market populism in the folksonomies debate : Atomiq A little puntcture in the tag bubble is a healthy thing ... (tags: classification) Absolutely Del.icio.us - Complete Tool Collection sid.vicio.us - it... From
Monkeymagic on May 19, 2005 at 12:48 a.m..
Lessig on Glenn
In this post, Lessig lauds the great achievements of Glenn Otis Brown as executive director of Creative Commons. As Lessig suggests, Glenn deserves a gigantic thank you from all of us. See also:
my post last month noting Glenn's leaving CC and describing what he meant to them (and me). (
In other news, CC just
A Copyfighter's Musings on May 18, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..